新妻

Japanese

Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    新 妻
    にい
    Grade: 2     		つま > づま
    Grade: 5
    kun'yomi

    Compound of 新 (nī, “new”) +‎ 妻 (tsuma, “wife”).[1][2][3][4][5]

    First cited to roughly 1500.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    新(にい)妻(づま) • (nīzuma) ←にひづま (nifiduma)?

    1. [from 1500] a new bride, a newlywed wife

    Proper noun

    新(にい)妻(づま) • (Nīzuma) ←にひづま (Nifiduma)?

    1. a surname

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    新 妻
    しん
    Grade: 2     		さい
    Grade: 5
    on'yomi goon

    Probably a reanalysis of 新妻 (nīzuma), applying the expected on'yomi instead.

    First cited to 1878.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) しんさい [shìńsáí] (Heiban – [0])[4]
    • IPA(key): [ɕĩɰ̃sa̠i]

    Noun

    新(しん)妻(さい) • (shinsai) 

    1. [from 1878] a new bride, a newlywed wife
      Synonyms: 新婦 (shinpu), 新室 (shinshitsu)
    Usage notes

    The nīzuma reading for this compound appears to be more common.

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “新妻”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
    2. ^ “新妻”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
    3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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